/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8975/all en /newsroom/channels/news/using-3d-printing-improve-implantable-biomedical-devices-touchscreens-and-more-348314 <p>UUֱ�� researchers are exploring a new technique that uses 3D printing and hydrogels. It has the potential not only to improve biomedical implants but could also be useful in the development of human-machine interfaces such as touch screens and neural implants. Biomedical devices like pacemakers or blood pressure sensors that are implanted into the human body need to be fabricated in such a way that they conform and adhere to the body – and then dissolve at the right time.</p> Fri, 12 May 2023 18:22:44 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 299931 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/six-mcgill-students-receive-canadas-largest-science-technology-engineering-and-math-stem-332755 <p>Six students from across Canada have been named recipients of the country’s largest undergraduate scholarship program, Schulich Leader Scholarships, and will begin their studies this September, in UUֱ��’s bicentennial year.</p> <p>Out of a pool of 350,000 potential candidates across Canada, 1,400 students were nominated. Given the unprecedented circumstances associated with the pandemic, for the second consecutive year, the Schulich Foundation awarded an additional 50 scholarships for a total of 100 in recognition of the challenges facing students and their families.</p> Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:40:02 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 273393 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/rules-road-navigational-strategies-bacteria-motion-330989 <p>Bacteria that move around live on the edge. All the time. Their success, be it in finding nutrients, fending off predators or multiplying depends on how efficiently they navigate through their confining microscopic habitats. Whether these habitats are in animal or plant tissues, in waste, or in other materials.</p> Tue, 11 May 2021 16:58:31 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 264788 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/delay-second-doses-covid-19-vaccines-has-epidemiological-benefits-long-term-effects-depend-strength-329377 <p>Delaying second doses of COVID-19 vaccines should reduce case numbers in the near term; however, the longer term case burden and the potential for evolution of viral ‘escape’ from immunity will depend on the robustness of immune responses generated by natural infections and one or two vaccine doses, according to a study from UUֱ�� and Princeton University published today in <i>Science</i>.</p> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:07:30 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256659 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/methane-emissions-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-underestimated-327816 <p><i>Bubbles of methane gas in water around an unplugged </i><i>oil/gas well in Pennsylvania</i><i>. CREDIT: Mary Kang</i></p> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:25:25 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 256305 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/what-do-breast-cancer-cells-feel-inside-tumour-325381 <p>Using a new technique, a team of UUֱ�� researchers has found tiny and previously undetectable ‘hot spots’ of extremely high stiffness inside aggressive and invasive breast cancer tumours. Their findings suggest, for the first time, that only very tiny regions of a tumor need to stiffen for metastasis to take place. Though still in its infancy, the researchers believe that their technique may prove useful in detecting and mapping the progression of aggressive cancers.<br /> <br /></p> Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:28:06 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 243476 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-researchers-working-prevent-spread-sars-cov-2-high-touch-metallic-surfaces-324647 <p>UUֱ�� professor Stephen Yue and Dr. Chen Liang, a researcher at the UUֱ�� AIDS Centre and Lady Davis Institute, received an NSERC Alliance COVID-19 grant to produce a cost-effective, production-ready antiviral coating that could significantly reduce the rate of SARS-CoV-2 transmission on high-touch metallic surfaces in public spaces such as schools, office buildings, and clinics. The work will be carried out in collaboration with a team of researchers from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and industry partners Polycontrols, Hatch, and 5N Plus.</p> Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:59:37 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 239691 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/six-mcgill-students-receive-canadas-largest-science-technology-engineering-and-math-stem-324029 <p>A record number of UUֱ�� students have been named recipients of Canada’s largest scholarship program, Schulich Leader Scholarships. This year, the program has doubled in size from 50 to 100 annual scholarships. In total, six Schulich Leader scholars will begin their studies at UUֱ�� in September (up from two last year) with the majority coming from high schools in Western Canada.</p> Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:29:16 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 236683 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/abrupt-shifts-arctic-climate-projected-302076 <p>Researchers from UUֱ�� project that as the permafrost continues to degrade, the climate in various regions of the Arctic could potentially change abruptly, in the relatively near future. Their research, which was published today in <em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0614-6">Nature Climate Change</a></em>, also suggests that as the permafrost degrades, the severity of wildfires will double from one year to the next and remain at the new and higher rate for regions in the Northwestern Territories and the Yukon.</p> Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:41:36 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 188119 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/professor-maryam-tabrizian-receives-collaborative-health-research-project-grant-299426 <p>Funding from the country’s three federal granting councils—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council— was awarded to Professor Maryam Tabrizian and a multidisciplinary team composed of Professors Reggie Hamdy, Monzur Murshed, Bettina Willie (Shriners Hospitals for Children) and Dr. Vahab Soleimani(Lady Davis Research Institute). With the $767,184 received over three years, the researchers will continue developing an innovative, non-invasive solution for bone regeneration.</p> Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:33:02 +0000 jessica.goodsell@mcgill.ca 185764 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/airbnb-removing-rental-housing-canadian-cities-and-rural-areas-297920 <p>The American online marketplace Airbnb has likely removed approximately 31,100 units from Canada’s long-term rental markets. This could make it difficult for Canadian cities and provinces to prevent growing housing affordability issues.</p> Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:12:25 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 170476 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/towards-better-hip-replacements-263893 <p><span><em>By Katherine Gombay</em><br /> Some potentially good news for aging Baby Boomers: researchers believe that they have developed a hip replacement that will last longer and create fewer problems for the people who receive them than those currently in use. The secret? An implant that “tricks” the host bone into remaining alive by mimicking the varying porosity of real bones.</span></p> <p><span>Interestingly, the key factor that distinguishes the new implant is that is LESS rather than more solid than those in current use, while still being just as strong.</span></p> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:52:16 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 26354 at /newsroom